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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 21, 2001 Action Agenda Item No. ~~ SUBJECT: Proposal To Amend The Joint Planning Area Zoning Atlas For The Homestead Site On Homestead Road (JPA-CH-Z-01) DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: ^ 7-11-01 Draft Planning Bd. Minutes Craig Benedict, ext. 2592 ^ Proposed Resolution of Adoption Gene Bell, ext. 2589 ^ 4-11-01 Public Hearing Minutes TELEPHONE NUMBERS: ^ Joint Staff Report, 4-11-01 Agenda Hillsborough 732-8181 ^ Excerpt from JPA Agreement Chapel Hill 968501 Concerning Rezonings Durham 688-7331 ^ Chapel Hill Ordinance Amending the Mebane 33fi-227-2031 Zoning_Atlas_ PURPOSE: To consider a decision on a request to amend the Joint Planning Area (JPA) zoning atlas for the Homestead site on Homestead Road (JPA-CH-Z-01). BACKGROUND: An application by a private developer to rezone a 48.11 acre site on the north side of Homestead Road was presented by Roger Waldon, Chapel Hill Planning Director, at the Joint Planning Public Hearing on April 11 2001. The property is identified as Chapel Hill Township Tax Map 24, lot 16 and a portion of lot 12. The property owner requested that the property be rezoned from the Residential-2 (R-2) zoning district to the Residential-4-Conditional (R~-C) district. In that the property is located in the Chapel Hill JPA Transition Area, zoning changes require the approval of both the Chapel Hill Town Council and Orange County Commissioners. To receive a positive staff recommendation, residential rezonings must be compatible with the residential densities recommended in the JPA Land Use Plan. The maximum of 4.1 units per acre proposed in JPA-CH-Z-01 is compatible with the plan recommendation of 1-5 units per acre for the area. The Chapel Hill Town Council considered JPA-CH-Z-01 on June 25, 2001 and voted to approve the amendment. "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CHAPEL HILL ZONING ATLAS FOR THE HOMESTEAD DEVELOPMENT" is included as an attachment. Of special note is the inclusion of 15% affordable housing. The Orange County Planning Board considered JPA-CH-Z-01 on July 11, 2001 and voted unanimously to recommend approval.